Case Assignment
Write a 3- to
4-page paper, answering the following question:
·
What functions of management has McDonald’s leadership used, and
continue to use in order to remain the most profitable fast food restaurant in
the world?
SLP
Assignment Expectations
Select an organization or
company that you know very well, maybe where you work or where you used to
work. During the SLPS you are going to analyze this organization.
Write a brief summary
explaining how your organization uses the four functions of management, of
planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
As a reminder:
·
Planning
o During
this process, organizations develop visions, goals, and objectives. They select
strategies to reach their vision and meet goals and objectives.
·
Organizing
o During
this stage, organizations select organization design and structures that enable
them to implement strategies.
·
Leading
o This
process refers to leadership, meaning the styles leaders use to fulfill their
functions.
·
Controlling
o This
process monitors if strategies are on track and deadlines are met.
Be sure to study the Background
materials.
Apply the functions of
management to facts about your organization. Support your statements with
facts.
Please use thePaper
Format, for all SLPs.
Please do your best to format
your essay according to APA formatting requirements. Here is a good
information source to help you with that: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
There is an Introduction
(providing a roadmap to the paper), A Main Body with subsections (one
subsection per question), Conclusions (summary) and a List of References.
Please use titles and headings
per each section and subsection.
The
recommended Outline:
Please remember that a paper
has anIntroduction(road map of main points),Main
Body(subsections where each main point is developed and
argued),Conclusions(summary of main points of the paper),List
References. Please use headings and titles.
Introduction
Main
Body:
·
Planning
·
Organizing
·
Leading
·
Controlling
Conclusions
List of
References
